Stolen Knox school bus found in Claxton

When a Knox County school bus driver got up to begin her routes Wednesday, she faced a problem.

by Donna Smith

When a Knox County school bus driver got up to begin her routes Wednesday, she faced a problem.

Her bus was missing.

A few hours later, the bus was found in the Claxton community.

The Knoxville Police Department’s auto theft division is now investigating the case, KPD spokesman Darrell DeBusk said early Wednesday afternoon. The 72-passenger bus was taken to the KPD impoundment lot.

According to an Anderson County Sheriff’s Department report, a Claxton man contacted the Sheriff’s Department and told deputies he had bought the bus from a man on Prosser Road in Knox County at approximately 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. Prosser Road was also reportedly the place where the bus was stolen from.

He told officers he didn’t know the man, but he had purchased a few buses from him over the last couple of years. He said when he found out the bus was stolen, he contacted deputies.

The person he bought the bus from was described as a black man, approximately 60 years old.